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| but to keep my opinions floating just enough so I can, if needed, change them |
That's a lesseon I learned early. I got scolded by some angry woman because I used the phrase "I believe..." Her argument was that the very second you pin down your beliefs, you open yourself up to being wrong.
I can see now that she was right, even though I didn't at the time. If someone's made up their mind that Jesus is their saviour, no amount of sound reasoning from the likes of you or I is going to persuade them to see otherwise.
I don't give up though, because I once believed in the big J too. I also had all the worries and stresses of wondering how to hell to please a god that wants me to give away everything I have to the needy, and do nothing but preach in his name. And let's not be mistaken - the good book states quite clearly that you cannot enter heaven if you are rich, like nearly every single one of the Christians at my local church are!
If only they'd read the small print! LOL!
Um... what happened to the topic in question?!
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| Are you ready to ignore the "pride" of being right about something? |
For many people it isn't about pride, or not just that any way. For some, myself included sometimes, there is a tendency to set your beliefs by what makes you feel comfortable.
Some people I speak to have that 'you live, you die, get over it' attitude and I just cannot understand them. I cannot fathom how they can go about their lives with the attitude that it's just a temporary fling before they head off to eternal inexistence!
But here's the thing: to them it isn't such a big deal. They have their attitude because it really hasn't occured to them that it wouldn't be that nice to cease to exist. They think dying is like sleep, and they do that every night without trouble.
Ignorance really is bliss?
I'm honest enough to say that I do guage some of my beliefs by what I am comfortable with, but, like you, I never pin them down to any level of certainty, and always remain open to new ideas and perspectives.
The only belief I hold to with certainty is that of balance. I believe that the primary purpose of existence is to strive towards balance, and that all things are but the micro- and macro-cosmic expressions of this striving.
Other than that I'm flexible!
...although I also am certain about what I don't believe. And that's a whole 'nother story!